About block 916,940
Bitcoin block 916,940 was mined by MARA Pool on September 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM UTC, 56 seconds after block 916,939. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,675 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0346 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1596 BTC for this block.
Block 916,940 is number 1,677 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 454; 339 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 917,279. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 133,060 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. MARA Pool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 56,649 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.